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Sweden charges Syrian over war-time atrocity

Swedish authorities have charged a Syrian asylum seeker with a crime under international law over his alleged involvement in the mass killing of captured Syrian soldiers in 2012, reports The New York Times. Haisam Omar Sakhanh was identified from a video that shows gunmen shooting bound men.

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